# risco
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrisko̝/

### Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Portuguese risco, Spanish riesgo and English risk.

#### Noun

risco m (plural riscos)
* danger, risk
    Synonym: perigo

##### Derived terms

* arriscado
* arriscar

### Etymology 2

Attested since the 14th century. Deverbal from riscar, itself probably from Latin resecō (“cut”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrisko̝/

#### Noun

risco m (plural riscos)
* stroke (a line or drawn with a pen or other writing implement)
    Synonym: trazo
** a strikethrough
    Synonym: raia
* ridge
    Synonym: soma
* crease
    Synonym: dobrez
* drawing
* tic-tac-toe

##### Derived terms

* risco de Salomón

##### Related terms

* riscar

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

risco
* first-person singular present indicative of riscar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “risc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “risco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “risco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “risco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈri.sko/
* Rhymes: -isko
* Hyphenation: rì‧sco

### Noun

risco m (plural rischi)
* Old Italian form of rischio

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: risc
* → Galician: risco
* Italian: rischio, risico
* → Middle French: risque
** French: risque
*** → English: risk
*** → Romanian: risc
* → Occitan: risc
* → Portuguese: risco

### Anagrams

* Corsi, Sciro, corsi, criso-, ricsò, scori, sorci

## Latin
### Noun

riscō
* dative/ablative singular of riscus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁis.ku/ [ˈhis.ku]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁis.ku/ [ˈhis.ku]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁiʃ.ku/ [ˈχiʃ.ku]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁis.ko/ [ˈhis.ko]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁiʃ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
* Hyphenation: ris‧co

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from riscar.

#### Noun

risco m (plural riscos)
* line (threadlike mark of writing instrument)
    Synonyms: linha, rabisco, risca, traçado, traço
* scratch (shallow cut on a surface)
    Synonyms: risca, sulco
* a draft of a blueprint
    Synonym: esboço

##### Related terms

* risca
* riscada
* riscado
* riscador
* riscadura
* riscamento
* riscar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French risque or Spanish risco.

#### Noun

risco m (plural riscos)
* (uncountable) risk (likelihood of a negative outcome)
    Synonym: perigo
* a risky situation

##### Related terms

* arriscadamente
* arriscado
* arriscamento
* arriscar

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

risco
* first-person singular present indicative of riscar

### References

* ↑ “risco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* ↑ “risco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* ↑ “risco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “risco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Deverbal from riscar or inherited from Vulgar Latin *resecum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrisko/ [ˈris.ko]
* Rhymes: -isko
* Syllabification: ris‧co

### Noun

risco m (plural riscos)
* (Latin America) crack
* cliff
    Synonyms: acantilado, precipicio
* crag

#### Derived terms

* arriscar

### Further reading

* “risco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10